Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | URS |
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
in Seoul, South Korea 17 September 1988 – 2 October 1988 | |
Competitors | 481 (319 men, 162 women) in 27 sports |
Flag bearer | Aleksandr Karelin (wrestling) |
Medals Ranked 1st |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women, took part in 221 events in 27 sports. [1] Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games.
The Soviet Union dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. It is the largest Olympic medal tally in history achieved by a non-host nation. Currently, China's and the United States' 48 gold medals in 2008 and 2012 respectively, and the United States' 126 total medals in 2024 are the closest results to the USSR's 1988 performance. The Soviet Union medal tally currently ranks fourth both in terms of gold and total medals, after the United States' 1984 performance, the Soviet Union's 1980 performance, the United States' 1904 performance, and Great Britain's 1908 performance.
The Soviet Union finished first in the medal standings with 55 gold and 132 total medals.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Athletics | 39 | 44 | 85 |
Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Boxing | 12 | – | 12 |
Canoeing | 12 | 5 | 17 |
Cycling | 14 | 4 | 18 |
Diving | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Equestrian | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Fencing | 15 | 5 | 20 |
Field hockey | 15 | 0 | 15 |
Football | 18 | – | 18 |
Gymnastics | 6 | 8 | 14 |
Handball | 14 | 15 | 29 |
Judo | 7 | – | 7 |
Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
Rowing | 30 | 23 | 53 |
Sailing | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Shooting | 17 | 6 | 23 |
Swimming | 19 | 8 | 27 |
Synchronized swimming | – | 3 | 3 |
Table tennis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Tennis | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Volleyball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
Weightlifting | 9 | – | 9 |
Wrestling | 20 | – | 20 |
Total | 321 | 162 | 483 |
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
Women's tournament:
Men's tournament:
Men's Marathon
Men's long jump
Men's discus throw
Men's shot put
Men's Hammer Throw
Men's javelin throw
Men's decathlon
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Women's Marathon
Women's discus throw
Women's javelin throw
Women's shot put
Women's Heptathlon
The following is the Soviet Union roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics. [3]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 468 | 384 | +84 | 9 [a] | Quarterfinals |
2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 460 | 393 | +67 | 9 [a] | |
3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 429 | 408 | +21 | 8 [b] | |
4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 382 | 387 | −5 | 8 [b] | |
5 | Central African Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 346 | 436 | −90 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
6 | South Korea (H) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 384 | 461 | −77 | 5 |
26 September 1988 19:30 |
Soviet Union | 110–105 | Brazil |
Scoring by half: 53–58, 57–47 | ||
Pts: Kurtinaitis 24 Rebs: Sabonis 9 Asts: Sabonis, Tarakanov, Volkov 2 | Pts: Schmidt 46 Rebs: Israel 11 Asts: Maury 5 |
28 September 1988 12:00 |
United States | 76–82 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 37–47, 39–35 | ||
Pts: Robinson 19 Rebs: Robinson 12 Asts: Coles 2 | Pts: Kurtinaitis 28 Rebs: Sabonis 13 Asts: Volkov 5 |
30 September 1988 |
Yugoslavia | 63–76 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45 | ||
Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Divac 7 Asts: Petrović 4 | Pts: Marčiulionis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 15 Asts: Marčiulionis 6 |
The following is the Soviet Union roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics. [4]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 178 | 196 | −18 | 5 [a] | Semifinals |
2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 188 | +20 | 5 [a] | |
3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 241 | −24 | 4 [b] | Classification round |
4 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 244 | 222 | +22 | 4 [b] |
19 September 1988 11:45 |
Bulgaria | 62–91 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41 | ||
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17 Rebs: Staneva 6 Asts: Slavcheva 3 | Pts: Zasulskaya 23 Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10 Asts: Minkh 4 |
22 September 1988 11:45 |
South Korea | 66–69 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half:35–33, 31–36 | ||
Pts: Choi 20 Rebs: Sung 14 | Pts: Savitskaya 18 Rebs: Savitskaya 6 Asts: Sumnikova 2 |
25 September 1988 21:30 |
Australia | 60–48 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18 | ||
Pts: Maher 20 Rebs: Maher 8 Asts: Maher 6 | Pts: Yakovleva 13 Rebs:4 players 4 Asts: Minkh 2 |
27 September 1988 11:45 |
United States | 102–88 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half:50–39, 52–49 | ||
Pts: Cooper 27 Rebs: McClain 15 Asts: Edwards 6 | Pts: Zasulskaya 16 Rebs: Tuomaitė 6 Asts: Yakovleva 2 |
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
Men's 10m Platform
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1988. Vaho Iagorashvili won a bronze in the individual event.
The Soviet Union had 30 male and 23 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1988. [5]
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Three synchronized swimmers represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
Men's Singles Competition
Women's Singles Competition
Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Sixth round | Seventh round | Final round | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
Rank | Republic | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russian SFSR | 61 | 31 | 49 | 141 |
2 | Ukrainian SSR | 19 | 13 | 24 | 56 |
3 | Byelorussian SSR | 14 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
4 | Lithuanian SSR | 11 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
5 | Kazakh SSR | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
6 | Georgian SSR | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
7 | Latvian SSR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
8 | Moldavian SSR | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
9 | Armenian SSR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
10 | Estonian SSR | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
11 | Azerbaijan SSR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
12 | Uzbek SSR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
13 | Kirghiz SSR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
14 | Tajik SSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (14 entries) | 134 | 66 | 103 | 303 |
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